Turnitin release notes

On this page, review any information or notes related to our most recent releases, including Turnitin Feedback Studio, Originality Check, Similarity, and SimCheck as well as our add-ons Clarity, Paper to Digital, and Originality.

June 2026

2026 June 17

Audio and video summary comments

Instructors can now add an audio or video summary comment in Feedback Studio so students can review overall feedback alongside in-paper comments and QuickMarks.

Audio or video summaries allow instructors to provide personalized overall feedback alongside written summary comments, QuickMarks, and in-paper feedback. Audio and video recordings can be up to five minutes long and are available for students to review when viewing their Similarity Report.

Instructors can access audio or video summary comments from the Summary tab in the Feedback section of the Similarity Report.

For video summaries, instructors can choose background effects before recording, including blur and replacement options. Captions are automatically generated after upload, and video summaries also include a downloadable video option once processing is complete.

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2026 June 15

Submission Management: download all reports and files for multiple submissions

Administrators can now download all reports and files associated with multiple submissions in a single action using the new All reports and files download option in Submission Management.

This enhancement streamlines submission management workflows by allowing administrators to download submission files and reports together, reducing the need to download items individually.

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May 2026

2026 May 27

Customize AI chat responses in Clarity assignments

Instructors can now customize how the AI chat supports students during the writing process in Clarity assignments. This includes adjustable levels of helpfulness and response complexity, with the ability to preview sample responses before enabling settings.

By default, the AI chat asks questions to help students reflect on their ideas and provides feedback on assignment and rubric alignment. Instructors can also choose to enable additional support options, including planning and brainstorming help, illustrative examples, revision suggestions, and proofreading assistance.

Instructors can additionally select the complexity level of AI responses using one of three options:

• Foundational for simpler language and explanations of terms
• Standard for standard academic language and sentence structures
• Advanced for more advanced academic language and discipline-specific conventions

Additional resources:

• AI Tools with Turnitin Clarity 

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2026 May 26

Digital receipt bug fix

We fixed an issue affecting submissions made through the Standard Assignment workflow that prevented some users from receiving digital receipts. Moving forward, email receipts will be delivered successfully, provided the student’s email address is valid.

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April 2026

2026 April 30

Assignment creation restricted for LMS-managed classes and login issue resolved

We’ve introduced an update to how assignments are created for LMS-integrated classes, alongside a fix for a recent login issue affecting some users.

Assignment creation restricted for LMS-managed classes
For classes originally created through an LMS (such as Canvas, Moodle, or Blackboard), assignments can no longer be added directly from turnitin.com or turnitinuk.com. Assignment creation and management must now be completed within the LMS.

This change helps ensure data accuracy by preventing synchronisation issues between platforms, and improves security by reducing the risk of unauthorised access or data inconsistencies. Assignments created in the LMS will continue to sync automatically with Turnitin for reporting and viewing.

If users want to manage assignments both in the LMS and directly on the Turnitin website, they will need to create a new class within the website and manage it separately. This update only applies to LMS-managed classes. Classes created directly on turnitin.com or turnitinuk.com are not affected.

Resolved login issue
We also resolved an issue that impacted some users when logging into turnitin.com and turnitinuk.com. We apologise for any disruption this may have caused and appreciate your patience while this was addressed.

 

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2026 April 28

Improved active student list download performance

We’ve implemented a performance fix to improve the experience of downloading the active student list.

This update improves download performance for all users, regardless of account size.

 

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2026 April 22

Updated assignment setting for submitting any file type

We’ve updated the name of the assignment setting previously labeled Allow unsupported file types to Allow submission of any file type.

This updated language is intended to provide clearer guidance to instructors when configuring assignment settings.

The setting now only appears in Assignment Details for instructors when enabled, and is no longer shown to students in Assignment Details.

 

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2026 April 22

Warning banner added for invalid assignment extensions

We’ve added a warning banner to the assignment extensions workflow to help prevent extensions from being created outside of an assignment’s availability window.

Instructors will now receive a warning message if they attempt to add an extension that falls outside of the assignment availability dates, and they will not be able to proceed until the extension dates are valid.

 

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2026 April 14

Resolved issue causing unresponsive Similarity Report

We’ve resolved a technical issue that caused the Similarity Report to become unresponsive for some users when selecting Try the new Similarity Report from within the Classic Report view.

This issue was limited to the report viewing experience and did not impact submission processing or data integrity. All submissions were processed correctly, and all data remains secure and intact.

No action is required. Users who previously experienced a blank or unresponsive screen when accessing the new report can now switch between report views without issue.

We sincerely apologise for any disruption this may have caused to your workflow. Thank you for your patience as we worked to get this fixed quickly.

 

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2026 April 13

Bug fixes for shared rubrics visibility and language consistency

We’ve resolved two issues to improve rubric visibility and language consistency across the platform.

Shared rubrics visibility for admins

Fixed an issue where account-level shared rubrics were not visible to all administrators. Admins can now view rubrics created by other admins when those rubrics have been shared across the account.

Language setting preserved when accessing section classes

Fixed an issue where the selected language was not retained when instructors accessed section classes. The correct language setting is now consistently applied when navigating to these classes.

• Additional resources
  • N/A

 

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March 2026

2026 March 25

Upload submissions to standard assignments from Microsoft OneDrive™

Instructors and students can now upload submissions to new standard assignments directly from Microsoft OneDrive. 

To upload from Microsoft OneDrive, select the OneDrive option from Browse files during submission, sign in to your Microsoft account, choose your file, and proceed with submission. The submission title will automatically populate from the file name, with the option to edit before completing the upload.

• Additional resources: 
  • Student submission guide
  • Instructor submission guide

 

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2026 March 25

Headers, footers, and page numbers in the Turnitin Clarity writing space

To further support the formatting and citation needs of students writing in Turnitin Clarity, the option to add the following pagination-based editing features will soon be available in the formatting toolbar of Turnitin Clarity’s writing space:

• Page numbers
• Headers and footers 

As a reminder, footnotes became available on 14 January 2026.

Important to note is the editor will remain pageless. Students can use the “Preview” button at the top right corner of the writing space to see how their paper, including all pagination-based options, will appear upon submission.

Headers, footers, and page numbers are controlled in the “Insert header and footer” modal, available from the formatting bar.

 

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2026 March 20

Improvements to Clarity's writing space

1. Prevent quote blocks within quote blocks

• Previously, when a student working in Clarity’s composition space selected the Insert block quote button in the toolbar, and then clicked the same button again, a nested quote block was created within the original quote block. 
• Now, when clicking the Insert Block Quote button multiple times, the block quote is added and then removed, instead of creating nested block quotes. This issue is now resolved and working as intended.

2. Preserve text formatting on new lines

• Previously, there was an issue where formatting (such as fonts, font sizes, etc.) was not preserved when authors would create a new line, navigate away from the new line via keyboard or mouse, then return to the newline and start typing. The text formatting would revert to defaults. 
• Now, the formatting set by the student is preserved on the new line. This issue is resolved and working as intended.

3. Table formatting issue resolved

• Previously, tables created in Clarity’s editor were distorted when submitted as PDFs. 
• Now, this issue is  resolved. Tables will render as expected in student submissions and downloads.

4. Arabic alignment issue with lists, quotes, and indents resolved

• Previously when entering text in Arabic, certain formatting elements were aligned incorrectly, including bulleted and numbered lists, block quotes, and hanging indents. 
• Now, this issue is resolved and working as expected for Arabic text.

5. Two Improvements to footnote editing

• When selecting a footnote in the footnote editing area at the bottom of the document, the document now automatically jumps to the corresponding location within the body text.
• Previously, using the Backspace key in the footnote area would cause multiple footnotes to be selected. This issue is now resolved and working as expected.

 

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2026 March 20

Accessibility improvements to Feedback Studio workflows

As part of our ongoing commitment to accessibility, we’re rolling out a series of updates across Feedback Studio.

Customers may notice small changes to parts of the platform, including website workflows and the classic Standard Assignment experience. These updates are designed to improve navigation, usability, and overall accessibility for all users.

While many of these changes are subtle, they contribute to a more seamless, robust, intuitive, and inclusive experience. 

• Additional resources
  • N/A

 

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2026 March 18

Updated assignment creation flow to prevent accidental data loss

We updated the assignment creation process for new standard and Clarity assignments by removing the Go back button and replacing it with a Cancel button that opens a confirmation modal.

Previously, selecting Go back took users back to the assignment picker without warning, which could result in lost progress. This update helps prevent accidental data loss by clearly warning users before they exit assignment creation.

This change was also applied to submission search and TFS Classic assignments when accessed through the assignment picker.

Additional resources: Assignment creation guidance

 

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2026 March 12

Student Writing Assignment Data Points Included in Data Export

We now include data from student writing assignments in the data export when “New Standard Assignments” is the chosen product. These columns appear for all “New Standard Assignments” data exports but only show data points when Turnitin Clarity is enabled and student writing assignments have been utilized.

Administrators can access the new data export functionality through the Statistics section in the Administrator settings.

• Additional resources
  • Download account statistics: Student Writing (Clarity) specific data

 

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2026 March 12

Turnitin Clarity’s AI assistant available in multiple languages

The AI chat functionality is available for student writing assignments in 19 additional languages When enabling the AI chat for an assignment, instructors may select a default language for the AI chat. The AI tool language selection applies to all AI tools, and that grammar and citation check remain supported in English only at this time, with support for other languages coming at a later date.

• Additional resources
  • AI Tools with Turnitin Clarity: Assignment Creation

 

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2026 March 11

Harvard and Chicago style guides for Turnitin Clarity’s citation assistant

The citation check now supports Harvard and Chicago in addition to APA and MLA. When enabled by their instructor, students can get citation feedback on their submission by selecting the Citation check button, and it is delivered within the composition space, using the same pattern as grammar and spell check.

• Additional resources
  • Creating a Student Writing assignment: AI Tools by Turnitin
  • Writing in Turnitin Clarity: Citation Assistance

 

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2026 March 4

Download a single submission or report from the Submission List

Instructors can now download a single student submission and/or associated reports directly from the More menu in the submission list. This makes it easier to access individual files without leaving the list view.

• Additional resources
  • (New Standard Assignment) Managing the assignment

 

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2026 March 3

Students can download digital receipts from the assignment inbox

We’ve fixed an issue that prevented students using Classic assignments from downloading digital receipts directly from the assignment inbox. Previously, students had to open the submission report to download their receipt.

Students can now once again download digital receipts directly from the inbox.

• Additional resources
  • N/A

 

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February 2026

2026 February 24

Instructors with hyphenated names can now be added to accounts

We resolved an issue where administrators were unable to add an instructor if the instructor’s first or last name included a hyphen.

Previously, the system displayed the error message: “Invalid Characters [=, +, -, @]”, preventing the instructor from being added to the account.

Administrators can now successfully add instructors with hyphenated names.

• Additional resources
  • Known issue page

 

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2026 February 12

Users created via integrations can now edit their User Info page

We resolved an issue where users created through an integration (such as an LMS) were unable to edit their User Info page on turnitin.com and turnitinuk.com.

This issue previously prevented affected users from enabling key features, including Quick Submit.

• Additional resources
  • Known issue page

 

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January 2026

2026 January 15

Footnotes in the Turnitin Clarity writing space

Footnotes are now supported in Turnitin Clarity. Students can add footnotes directly from the formatting toolbar in the writing space to support citation and formatting needs.

The editor remains pageless during writing. Footnotes appear at the bottom of the document while a student is composing, and are automatically placed as page-level footnotes when the paper is submitted and viewed by an instructor or exported as a PDF.

• Additional resources
  • View footnotes in the Writing Report

 

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2026 January 08

AI Writing score in the Authorship Report

Investigators can now view a student’s AI Writing score for each submission directly in the Authorship Report.

The AI Writing score is shown in the Submission section and Essay Integrity section of the Authorship Report, though it can be filtered into any table in the other sections if the Investigator wishes. Scores are shown only for licensed customers who have AI Writing enabled. To view the AI Writing scores, the user must first review and accept a disclaimer that will be displayed at the top of the report upon opening.

• Additional resources
  • This information has been added to our Authorship Report guidance. This guidance is only accessible by following the help link from within the Authorship Report itself.

 

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2026 January 07

New Submission Options for Turnitin Clarity

Previously, for Turnitin Clarity assignments, students could submit their work as many times as they wished before the due date; however, their papers and Writing Reports were not available until after they had submitted and the due date had passed. 

We implemented improvements to provide instructors with more flexibility in how students submit writing assignments. 

Single or multiple submission options

• Instructors can control at the assignment level whether students can submit only once or multiple times per assignment.
• When multiple submissions are enabled, students may submit their assignments up to three times in a 24-hour period.

Immediate access to review submissions

• Instructors can review student writing assignment submissions immediately, even before the due date.

Instructors can also provide feedback immediately after submission; however, when multiple submissions are enabled, we recommend waiting until after the due date to provide feedback, as feedback will be deleted if a new version of the paper is submitted afterward.

Late submissions and extensions

• Instructors may allow late submissions on the assignment level.

• Instructors can add extensions for individual students.

   

• Additional resources
  • For students: Submitting a Clarity assignment
  • For instructors: Managing a Student Writing assignment

 

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2026 January 07

Turnitin’s upgraded administrator experience is now live

Turnitin administrator accounts have now been migrated to our improved administrator experience. The administrator workflow is designed to help institutions manage their accounts in a secure and organized way. What’s changed:

• Administrators access the administrator workflow through their own dedicated login, separate from other user types. This separation, alongside two-factor authentication, helps maintain account security.
• Each account can include up to 5 administrators, allowing account management responsibilities to be shared. Customizable account permissions can be set when adding administrators to ensure their access matches their responsibilities of the role.
• The administrator workflow is built on a modern foundation designed for continued improvements and future updates.

• The configuration process for LTI 1.3 integrations has been simplified.

   

• Additional resources: Turnitin administrator guidance

 

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2025 release notes

December 2025

2025 December 30

Feedback Studio mobile app is no longer available

The Feedback Studio iPad app will be retired and no longer available from December 30th. Instructors and students can continue to access Feedback Studio through the Turnitin website, their learning management system, or learning environment. 

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2025 December 18

Quick Submit daily submission limit updated

To keep Quick Submit focused on fast, one-off paper checks, the daily submission limit will be reduced from 100 to 25 submissions per instructor within a 24-hour period. This change is expected to have little to no impact, as most instructors already submit well within this limit.

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2025 December 17

We've made improvements to Course Copy

We’ve made several enhancements to Course Copy in the Turnitin website to make it more flexible and easier to use for instructors.

What's new:

• Updated user interface: Course Copy now features a refreshed, more intuitive UI for a smoother experience.
• Expanded assignment support: Instructors can now copy New Standard Assignments and Student Writing Assignments.

These improvements streamline course setup and give instructors greater flexibility when reusing assignments across classes.

• Additional resources:
  • Managing a class

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2025 December 10

Bulk download options for New Standard Assignment

Instructors can now download student submissions and reports in bulk from the submission list in New Standard Assignments. This includes original submissions, similarity reports, AI writing reports, and grading and feedback files.

• Additional resources: 
  • (New Standard Assignment) Managing the assignment

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November 2025

2025 November 24

Google Drive™ upload for New Standard Assignment

Students can upload files from Google Drive when submitting to a New Standard Assignment. This option is available alongside drag-and-drop and device upload methods.

Instructors may also use this upload method when submitting work on behalf of a student.

• Additional resources: 
  • Student upload guidance
  • Instructor upload guidance

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2025 November 5

Clickable links in QuickMark descriptions

URL links embedded within QuickMark descriptions are now fully clickable and will correctly load the linked web pages.

Improved rubric slider usability

We've significantly improved the experience of using the rubric side panel sliders. Scoring student submissions is now much more responsive to user clicks, offering a smoother and easier-to-use experience.

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2025 November 4

Data export for administrators

Administrators can now export their account data, including AI writing detection data if enabled, for both classic and new standard assignments from the account statistics area.

Once you have set your date range, download your account data by selecting one of the two Export Data buttons.

If you are using the new standard assignment (with or without AI writing detection) or using AI writing detection with the classic assignment, select Export Data.

If you are using the classic assignment without AI writing detection, select Export Data (Classic TFS).

For both options, the data will be downloaded as a .csv file.

• Additional resources: Download account statistics

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2025 November 4

Data export for administrators

Administrators can now export the AI writing detection data for their account from the account statistics area, providing they have the Originality add-on.

In the account statistics area, once you have set your date range, select the AI Summary tab. From here, you can download your account data by selecting the Export button.

The data will be downloaded as a .csv file.

• Additional resources: Statistics for Similarity and SimCheck

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October 2025

2025 October 29

Feedback on image-only submissions

Instructors can now reliably leave comments and feedback on image-only student submissions (e.g., JPEG, PNG) that do not contain accompanying text. 

Expanded rubric view fix

The expanded rubric view now loads reliably the first time instructors open it during a session.

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2025 October 23

Auto-save for comments

We've introduced auto-save for comments. Previously, users reported losing feedback if they forgot to click the "Save" button. Now, simply clicking outside of a comment field will automatically save your input, ensuring you don't lose any valuable feedback.

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2025 October 14

Web access restrictions now properly enforced for instructor zip uploads

A bug was identified where instructor users were still able to log in and access existing classes and assignments when web access restrictions were enabled on their accounts. Despite the restriction settings, instructors could navigate to an assignment and continue using the zip upload workflow.

This issue has been resolved as of this release. Instructor access now correctly respects web access restriction settings across all workflows.

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2025 October 14

Resolved an issue impacting AI score visibility in the inbox

Some users who have large classes with high submission volumes were experiencing an issue where the AI Writing score column was not rendering the scores in the classic assignment inbox.

This issue has been resolved with this release.

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September 2025

2025 September 19

WYSIWYG editor for the instructions field

The instructions field for new standard assignments includes editor capabilities to format text.

Previously, the instructions field could notformat text. Classic Standard and PeerMark assignments continue to display instructions as before.

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2025 September 18

Submission status now supported for all assignment types

On the class homepage and assignment list, the Submission Status column now displays correctly for all assignment types.

Previously, non-classic standard assignments (such as Paper to Digital, Clarity, etc.) showed “N/A” in the status column. The status column now correctly shows the number of submissions out of the total number of students (for example, “12/20 submitted”) across all assignment types.

Classic Standard and PeerMark assignments continue to display status as before.

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2025 September 02

New file upload workflow

We’ve introduced a new design for the file upload modal to provide a clearer and more streamlined experience. All existing functionality remains the same, with one enhancement: ZIP file uploads now support up to 1,000 files (increased from the previous 100). This change makes it easier to manage and submit larger sets of files in a single upload.

• Additional resources:Learn more about uploading a file

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August 2025

2025 August 27

Updated AI writing model to detect AI bypasser tools

We’ve enhanced our AI writing detection capabilities to detect the likely use of leading AI bypasser tools. These tools attempt to modify AI-generated text to appear more human-like, with the goal of avoiding detection by AI writing detectors.

In the AI writing report, the category ‘AI-generated only ’ will now include AI-generated text that may have been modified by an AI bypasser tool.

Additional resources:Learn more about our AI bypasser tool detection

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2025 August 05

More flexible control of AI writing for sub-accounts

Primary administrators can now allow sub-admins to enable the AI writing detection feature for their child accounts. Previously, AI detection could only be enabled by a top-level administrator for the entire institution.

With this update, primary account administrators can turn off AI detection at the institution-level while still permitting sub-account administrators to enable it for their child accounts from the account settings. Sub-admins will also gain visibility into AI writing statistics for their sub-account and child accounts where AI detection is enabled.

This update offers greater flexibility and transparency in how AI writing detection is managed across institutions.

AI writing score visibility

For institutions that have access to and have enabled Turnitin’s AI writing detection, a new AI writing score column is available within the inbox of the classic Standard Assignment in Turnitin Feedback Studio, and within the My Files section of Turnitin Similarity.

Before you can see the AI writing scores, you must first accept a disclaimer. This will appear the next time you access your assignment or folder and only needs to be accepted once. If the disclaimer is declined, the AI score will remain blurred within the submission list.

• Additional resources: AI writing settings, Managing your assignment

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2025 August 05

Searching for submissions using a student email is now available for administrators

Administrators can now search for all submissions to an account made by a single student by using their email address in the Search function of the Manage Submissions tab.

• Additional resources: Managing submissions and deletion requests

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July 2025

2025 July 15

We’re excited to announce several new features and enhancements to make managing assignments easier and more flexible.

Improvements to the new Standard Assignment workflow

• Enhanced submission list search: Use the search box to find any information in the submission list, including student first and last names, making it easier to locate exact submissions.
• Large class support: Standard assignments now support classes with more than 1,000 students, allowing instructors to manage large cohorts more easily.
• Option to disable resubmissions: Instructors can choose to prevent students from resubmitting assignments, offering more control over the submission process.
• Allow unsupported file types: Instructors can choose to allow uploads of any type of file, including those that do not generate integrity reports (such as images or zip files).
• Resync grades: Resync grades to the LMS gradebook at any time, ensuring student scores are always up-to-date.
• Student upload preview: Students and instructors uploading on behalf of students can now preview files before final submission.
• Live submission list updates: The submission list now updates automatically when new data is available (such as updated report percentages or grades) with no need to refresh.
• Anonymous student uploads: Instructors can upload submissions on behalf of anonymous students to better support privacy and anonymity.
• Enable anonymous marking after assignment creation: Instructors can now turn on anonymous marking even after an assignment has been created.

Improvements to enhanced grading and feedback tools

• Institution-wide QuickMark sharing: Admins can now share QuickMark sets across the entire institution using the new QuickMark Manager, making it easier to maintain consistent feedback standards.

• Additional resources: Sharing QuickMark sets account wide

Submission deletion request email notification

We are reintroducing the weekly deletion request notification email for administrators. When deletion requests are enabled, administrators can designate up to five email addresses to receive a weekly email notifying them of any pending submission deletion requests from instructors.

• Additional resources: Deletion request admin settings

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2025 July 15

Turnitin Clarity - Bringing transparency to the writing process

Turnitin Clarity is a transparent writing tool that provides educators with insights into the students’ writing process, helping them assess the originality of their students’ work. It includes a composition space where students write their assignments, protecting the integrity of written works in an age where emerging challenges such as AI writing are a growing threat. With built-in AI assistance, educators can further empower students to use AI responsibly.

• A view of the writing process, not just the end product: Gain a deeper understanding of the student writing process through video playback of draft history, along with insights into pasted text, typing patterns, and construction time.
• Responsible use of AI tools: With integrated AI assistance tools trained to guide rather than simply provide answers, students receive constructive writing feedback that builds their skills.
• Integrity insights all in one place: Save time with access to Turnitin’s full suite of integrity solutions—including similarity checks, AI detection*, and feedback—for faster, more efficient reviews.
• Actionable feedback: Deliver prompt, personalized feedback within Turnitin Feedback Studio, helping students refine their writing and develop critical thinking skills.

*available with Originality add-on

Turnitin Clarity is now available as an add-on to Turnitin Feedback Studio. Reach out to your account representative for more information.

• Additional resources: Introduction to Turnitin Clarity’s Student Writing Assignment

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June 2025

2025 June 09

Bulk deletions for administrator submission management

Administrators are now able to select and approve up to 10 deletion requests at a time within the Manage Submissions tab of their administrator account.

Searching for Classic Standard Assignments is now available for administrators

Classic Standard Assignment IDs are now compatible with administrator's submission management search feature. Using the assignment ID will return all available submissions associated with that assignment. The administrator can either perminently delete or download any of the submissions.

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2025 June 05

Accessibility updates - Classic Standard Assignment

We have made some accessibility improvements for screen readers in the following areas of the classic Standard Assignment:

• The timestamp of submissions 
• The instructor's deletion request workflow

Bug Fix - Admin settings

We discovered a bug where the help information for the assignment types setting was not visible to administrators. This has now been resolved.

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May 2025

2025 May 21

Resubmission settings - New Standard Assignment

Instructors can now disable student resubmissions in the details tab of the assignment settings. Resubmissions will be enabled by default but can now be turned off at assignment creation or while editing existing assignments.

This does not affect the resubmission settings within the classic version of the standard assignment.

Revealing student identities in anonymous grading assignments - New Standard Assignment

When anonymous grading is enabled for an assignment, instructors must provide a reason to reveal a student’s name. Instructors can reveal the identity of students individually, or for the full assignment by disabling the setting. Instructors will be prompted to provide a reason for both individual student or assignment-wide reveals.

This does not affect the anonymous grading workflow within the classic version of the standard assignment.

Bug fixes

• The feedback release date field is now editable after the original date has passed.
• Date and time inputs have been combined into a single field in assignment settings.
• The Grading and Feedback Report now includes overall grade and rubric forms.
• We have fixed the Spanish localization for the Similarity Report and Flags side panels.
• When using the Turnitin website, instructors enrolled as students now correctly appear in the submission list for the new Standard Assignment.

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2025 May 8

Introducing the Next Generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio

We’re excited to launch the next generation of Turnitin Feedback Studio - reimagined to support the evolving needs of educators and learners. This updated experience is available as an update to our Standard Assignment, enhanced grading and feedback tools, and additional submission management tools for administrators.

Updated and new Standard Assignment workflow

The new version of the standard assignment includes improvements to enhance flexibility for instructors and increase the visibility into academic integrity indicators. New features include:

• Grant individual extensions to students
• A new AI score column in the submission list (Originality licenses only)
• Bulk update Similarity Report settings or regenerate all reports at once
• Improved accessibility
• Students receive a clear indicator when feedback is available for them to review

Now that we have built a new foundation for our Standard Assignment, we will continue to build on its improvements. Keep an eye on our product roadmap to stay informed of upcoming releases.

Additional resources:

• New Standard Assignment guidance
• General assignment guidance
• Turnitin assignment types
• Upgrading to the new Standard Assignment (administrators)

Enhanced grading and feedback tools

Grading and feedback workflows have been upgraded to provide instructors with more flexibility and clarity, while also improving student engagement with feedback. New features include:

• Decimal grades to support more precise grading
• Ranged rubrics - instructors can assign scores within performance ranges
• Margin comments - improved visibility and accessibility for inline feedback
• Pinned feedback - highlight and group key comments for students to prioritize
• Custom comment colors - QuickMarks and comments can use accessible color options
• Rubric and QuickMark manager updates

Additional resources:

• New grading and feedback guidance

Submission management workflow for administrators

A new submission management workflow gives administrators better visibility and control over submissions to their institution. Admins can now easily retrieve past submissions, download associated Similarity Reports, and manage deletion requests from a single, centralized location.

Additional resources:

• Managing deletion requests
• Requesting the deletion of submissions(instructor)

Redesigned administrator settings

We’ve reorganized the admin settings interface to make it more intuitive and easier to navigate. The updated layout improves clarity, helping administrators quickly locate settings and understand their function. New options are also available to enable the next-generation Feedback Studio experience, currently supported for web-based and LTI 1.3 customers.

Additional resources:

• Turnitin account settings

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April 2025

2025 April 11

Updated access restrictions via SSO

Turnitin Administrators can now manage single-sign-on (SSO) access to their organization’s Turnitin account when using Turnitin Similarity or SimCheck based on user attributes from your identity provider (like department, role, or location).

This release will help administrators:

• Streamline access management by leveraging existing identity provider groups and attributes
• Maintain stronger security by ensuring only authorized team members can access the account
• Reduce manual user management with automated, attribute-based access control

When enabling SSO, administrators can specify the attribute pairs in their SSO configuration that define who should have access. To start using SSO for your organization, visit our help center to raise a ticket, and our team will help you through the setup process.

• Additional resources:Setting up SSO for Similarity or SimCheck

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2025 April 10

Updated submitted works visibility in the new Similarity Report view

We’ve updated the submitted works visibility features in the new, enhanced Similarity Report experience. Now, when viewing the Sources list with Show overlapping sources on:

1. Source cards will indicate the number of submitted works (currently “student papers” for Feedback Studio, Originality Check, and Originality Check+ licenses) or similar URLS matched.
2. Selecting View other sources under the matched text within a source card displays the list of all submitted works or similar URLs containing the same text.
3. For accounts with Submission release enabled, and text is matched with another submission to the same institution, instructors can download the matched submission by selecting Download Source File from the Source Details.

• Additional resources:
  • Administrator's guide to Submission release in account settings
  • Matches to submitted works in the new, enhanced Similarity Report

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2025 April 9

New in Handwritten Work: Student upload

With Paper to Digital, instructors can now allow students to upload their submissions as a PDF file directly. This update introduces new settings for instructors to set start and due dates and choose to allow late submissions and/or resubmissions.

The core functionality includes:

• The ability for students to upload submissions (single PDF file only) on mobile (browser) and desktop
• The ability for instructors to set start and due dates
• The option for instructors to allow late submissions, in which case students can submit once after the due date if they have not yet submitted
• The option for instructors to allow resubmissions, in which case students can submit as many times as possible before the due date
• The ability for instructors to upload on behalf of students, whether or not the student has already uploaded a submission
• The ability for students to see the history of submission titles, dates, and times

Student upload is available for the following languages: Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Finnish, and Polish.

• Additional resources: We have new and updated guidance available to help instructors and students learn more about this new feature.
  • Guidance for instructors
    • Creating a Handwritten Assignment
    • Submitting on behalf of a student
    • Reviewing your students’ submissions
    • Grading a Handwritten Assignment
    • Reviewing, publishing, and downloading grades
    • Scoring criteria and settings
    • Handwritten Assignments FAQ
  • Guidance for students
    • Submitting to a Handwritten Assignment
    • How to scan your submission to a PDF
    • Reviewing your grade and feedback
       

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2025 April 2

New AI detection writing detection capabilities for Japanese submissions

• Additional resources: AI Writing guidance in Japanese

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March 2025

2025 March 6

guides.turnitin now fully available in Spanish and Japanese. Essential guidance also available for other languages

We are happy to announce the translation of guides.turnitin into Spanish and Japanese. This guidance is available to access from the language dropdown menu on all pages of guides.turnitin.

This fresh translation of our product guidance provides our Spanish and Japanese-speaking customers with access to the newly structured Turnitin guides that we launched in English in 2024. These translations will be periodically updated in line with updates made to the English guidance over the year.

We are also launching ‘Turnitin Essential Guidance’ for other languages. Turnitin Essential Guidance is a selection of our highest-impact guidance pages that will help our global users navigate our most popular workflows in their native language. We are releasing Turnitin Essential Guidance for the following languages:

• Brazilian Portuguese
• Dutch
• Italian
• Turkish
• French
• Vietnamese
• Korean
• German
• Chinese, traditional
• Chinese, simplified
• Arabic

• Additional resources:
  • https://guides.turnitin.com/hc/es
  • https://guides.turnitin.com/hc/ja

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February 2025

2025 February 6

Updated highlight colors improve accessibility in the new report experience

Highlighted text in the new Similarity Report and AI writing detection views has new colors for match groups, sources, and text likely written or likely written and paraphrased using AI. The updates to the highlight colors optimize contrast levels for improved accessibility, with a focus on enhanced text readability.

• Additional resources:Learn more about Turnitin’s commitment to accessibility

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2025 February 6

The Document Details setting is now centralized for accounts with Turnitin Feedback Studio and Originality

We have centralized the Document Details setting, which enables additional metadata in the Similarity Report, between Turnitin Feedback Studio and Originality. Previously, the administrators had to update the setting in both Feedback Studio and Originality to achieve congruent functionality. Now administrators need only to update the consolidated setting in one place (either Feedback Studio or Originality) in order to apply to all environments.

• Additional resources: Account settings for Turnitin Feedback Studio and Originality Check

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January 2025

2025 January 1

ETS e-Rater removed from all Turnitin products

Educational Testing Services (ETS) will no longer be supporting its e-rater grammar service in 2025. As a result, Turnitin has removed e-rater from all of its products.

Please note that any ETS feedback previously generated before e-rater was removed will still be accessible within the Similarity Report. However, if a new report is generated, the feedback will be removed, and it won't be possible to retrieve it.

In the absence of grammar checking provided via e-rater, we recommend using Turnitin Draft Coach to provide grammar checks for students while drafting in Microsoft Word on the Web or Google Docs. If you are interested in using Draft Coach, please reach out to your account manager.

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